Posted by fiftylager on May 18, 2006, at 13:53:40
In reply to Re: Help! Extreme Anxiety... seeing a new pdoc so, posted by Jost on May 16, 2006, at 22:57:40
I'm sorry you are feeling so horrible. Please don't give up on school. I did that because of my anxiety and depression and regret it very much.
I don't want to freak you out but have you ever looked at the symptoms for bipolar disorder? I had never thought of it and I had bad anxiety with depression often. The depression was worst in the winter. I never had obvious mania but when I was happy my symptoms did point to hypomania. Also I get mixed episodes and dysphoric mania which many people don't think of with bipolar. It was actually someone on here who suggested it to me and I looked it up and was very shocked. I have since been diagnosed and put on the mood stabilizer lamotrigine and it is really helping, especially with my anxiety. It is very common for bipolar to have an initial response to antidepressants and then to stop working or an extreme reaction to them.
I'm not a dr. but it's worth checking out. Take care and good luck.
Crissi
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